What are the customs of Halloween?

1, knock on the door for candy

Halloween night is the most haunted time of the year. It was the custom that night that children knocked at the door with pumpkin lanterns and dressed in all kinds of costumes imitating monsters and ghosts, shouting "trick or treat!" " Trick or treat), the host's family (who may also wear scary clothes) will give some candy, chocolate or small gifts; If you don't give candy, the children will play all kinds of practical jokes, such as taking out the garbage in your house and so on.

2. "bite the apple" game

Another custom of Halloween is the most popular "apple biting" game. In the game, people let the apples float in a basin filled with water, and then let the participants bite the apples with their mouths instead of their hands. Whoever bites first wins.

3. Zhanpu Game

In Ireland, there is a traditional divination game in which participants blindfold and choose one from the table. For example, if the touched disk contains dirt, it means that people related to the participants will die in the coming year. For example, if there is water, it means that they will travel far, if there are coins, it means that they will be rich, and if there are beans, it means that they will be poor. In Ireland in the19th century, girls would put slugs on a plate sprinkled with flour, and the traces of slugs crawling would be like the girl's future husband.

4. Ghost Carnival

New york also held a parade on Halloween night, where a group of vampires, zombies, witches and Frankenstein appeared in unison. Members of the public are also welcome to visit. Participants are not limited to age, sex, class or nationality. Even if you are a coward, you can join them and have a lively carnival. In fact, these ghosts are all dressed up by people, so they are not terrible. On the contrary, some little faces are more lovely, which makes people stay inside, just like attending a big fancy dress ball.

In ancient times, Europeans thought that wearing ugly masks could scare away evil spirits and ghosts wandering between villages; In the fourth world, because of the popularity of Christianity, this day was changed to the day when God died, believing that God would help drive away these evil spirits and ghosts. Later, it evolved into children wearing all kinds of ghost clothes and ringing the doorbell for candy.

Halloween presentation

Halloween is a traditional festival in the west, and the time is set at 65438+1October 3 1 every year. That night was arguably the most haunted night of the year. Halloween originated from the ancient Celts. On the last day of October, all kinds of dead souls, monsters and ghosts wandered around the world. In order to scare away these ghosts, the Celts will wear all kinds of ugly masks. On the same day, the Celtics thought it was late summer and early winter, thanking the sun god for his bumper harvest; Pay homage to the dead with food, pray for peace with good spirits and survive the severe winter.